A long stint recently as staff writer and columnist for Triple Cities Carousel newspaper – an upstate New York monthly – kept me covering arts and culture. I have been an editor/writer on the arts in New York City and a contributing writer or feature correspondent for magazines and newspapers in the US and Canada. My work also appears in American small press and online.

I am probably the least important actor in the IMDb (the Internet Movie Database), appearing in only one motion picture, an indie, in an embarrassing role. I had to write my own bio there.

For 8 years I taught Speech and Oral Interpretation of Literature at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts – the nation’s oldest drama school. My students there included Enrico Colantoni, a film actor probably best known for his prolific television work as a regular on such series as Veronica Mars, Bad Blood, and Person of Interest; Joanna Going of cinema together with TV appearances on series such as Law & Order: SVU and Mad Men; and Max Casella of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Sopranos and frequent motion picture roles; and a few other notables – I think. I don’t remember. (Please get in touch with me if you were a student of mine whom I should be crowing about.)

Enjoy a visit to the growing treasury at my website devoted to underrecognized character actors, Supporting TV Cast.

A graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University, School of Drama; mother of two; grand-mère of two; wife of one.